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Valley Sports Camp offers Summer Sports Camps, Holiday Camps, Learning Day Camps, and After School Enrichment Programs that include a wide variety of games and sports such as basketball, soccer, flag football, hockey, tennis, swimming, and water games. Campers take part in activities like Capture the Flag, Bombardment, Splashball, Castleball, Tennis Baseball, Soccer Golf, Ultimate Frisbee, Frisbee Golf, European Dodgeball, Home Run Derby, Yuki Ball, Jedi Dodgeball, Duck-Duck-Sponge, Parachute Games, Badminton, Prison Dodgeball, Kickball, relay races, and Star Wars-themed games. The program also offers Basketball Classes, Basketball Leagues, Soccer Classes, Homeschool Classes, and Multi-Sports Summer Camp where kids play 4–6 sports and enrichment activities each day.
• Ages: 4–12 years old
• Schedule: Sample day includes optional before-camp care from 8:00–9:00, camp activities from 9:00–3:00 with multiple activity blocks, snack and water breaks, lunch and supervised lunch activities, and optional after-camp care from 3:00–4:30 or 3:00–6:00
Valley Sports Camp is in its 18th year of summer camps and specializes in youth summer sports camps and after school enrichment programs for boys and girls entering Pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade. The Multi-Sports Summer Camp is described as an active, high-energy program where kids are grouped by grade level and play developmentally appropriate games and sports. Optional Before Camp Care and After Camp Care include additional organized games and activities, with snack provided during After Camp Care.
The staff are described as a dedicated team of teachers who have all played on high level sports teams and have a strong passion for teaching life skills through sports, and the coaches are described as well trained and as people who truly enjoy being with children. Valley Sports Camp is led by Mark, Jeff, and Kim Mercer. The program emphasizes teaching life skills through sports with a character building program that focuses on different “Words of the Day” character traits, along with strategic team building activities that build relationships and a sense of belonging. The Multi-Sports Summer Camp focuses on fun, teamwork, communication, and sportsmanship, and aims for all kids to feel successful at the end of the day.
Valley Sports Camp serves families from many parts of the greater Bay Area, including Campbell, Cupertino, Los Gatos, Morgan Hill, Saratoga, San Jose, San Lorenzo Valley, Scotts Valley, Felton, Ben Lomond, Boulder Creek, Brookdale, Live Oak, Mission Hill, Soquel, Capitola, Sunnyvale, Los Altos, Mountain View, and Palo Alto. Swimming is available at some camp locations, including a swimming pool at San Lorenzo Valley High School and Blackberry Farm swimming at the Monta Vista High School location, while other locations do not offer swimming.
Parent feedback describes Valley Sports Camp as a place where kids “loved this camp,” “had a blast,” and “begged” to extend from part-day to full day. Parents report that their children look forward to camp each summer, are eager to arrive early, and that the week at camp is a highlight of the summer. Testimonials also note that the program includes character education about sportsmanship, teamwork, and friendship, that the coaches are well trained and enjoy being with children, and that repeat campers want to sign up again.
Last updated March 14, 2026.
• Ages: 4–12 years old
• Schedule: Sample day includes optional before-camp care from 8:00–9:00, camp activities from 9:00–3:00 with multiple activity blocks, snack and water breaks, lunch and supervised lunch activities, and optional after-camp care from 3:00–4:30 or 3:00–6:00
Valley Sports Camp is in its 18th year of summer camps and specializes in youth summer sports camps and after school enrichment programs for boys and girls entering Pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade. The Multi-Sports Summer Camp is described as an active, high-energy program where kids are grouped by grade level and play developmentally appropriate games and sports. Optional Before Camp Care and After Camp Care include additional organized games and activities, with snack provided during After Camp Care.
The staff are described as a dedicated team of teachers who have all played on high level sports teams and have a strong passion for teaching life skills through sports, and the coaches are described as well trained and as people who truly enjoy being with children. Valley Sports Camp is led by Mark, Jeff, and Kim Mercer. The program emphasizes teaching life skills through sports with a character building program that focuses on different “Words of the Day” character traits, along with strategic team building activities that build relationships and a sense of belonging. The Multi-Sports Summer Camp focuses on fun, teamwork, communication, and sportsmanship, and aims for all kids to feel successful at the end of the day.
Valley Sports Camp serves families from many parts of the greater Bay Area, including Campbell, Cupertino, Los Gatos, Morgan Hill, Saratoga, San Jose, San Lorenzo Valley, Scotts Valley, Felton, Ben Lomond, Boulder Creek, Brookdale, Live Oak, Mission Hill, Soquel, Capitola, Sunnyvale, Los Altos, Mountain View, and Palo Alto. Swimming is available at some camp locations, including a swimming pool at San Lorenzo Valley High School and Blackberry Farm swimming at the Monta Vista High School location, while other locations do not offer swimming.
Parent feedback describes Valley Sports Camp as a place where kids “loved this camp,” “had a blast,” and “begged” to extend from part-day to full day. Parents report that their children look forward to camp each summer, are eager to arrive early, and that the week at camp is a highlight of the summer. Testimonials also note that the program includes character education about sportsmanship, teamwork, and friendship, that the coaches are well trained and enjoy being with children, and that repeat campers want to sign up again.
Last updated March 14, 2026.
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